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Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Process Centric Emailing

The main strategy to transform your work and check email less is to write better emails using process centric emailing. By putting more information in the initial email about how you and the recipient will collaborate to achieve the goal, the need for unscheduled emails is reduced. The example provided shows the contrast between a standard email and a process centric alternative. While the process centric email may take more time to write initially, it saves multiple back-and-forth emails and reduces the cognitive context shift induced overload. This approach can save time and increase productivity by reducing the need to constantly check and respond to emails.

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